Reason Dumbledore trusted Snape

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 171661

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jessica" <ebaith at ...> wrote:

> I have also thought long and hard about how Eileen Prince fits
> into the picture. I have even entered the thought that she may
> have become pregnant to Tom Riddle. So, Snape could be his son.

Pippin:
Sorry to shoot this down in flames, but JKR is emphatic that Voldemort
is the *last* surviving descendant of Salazar Slytherin, and that Voldemort
is not a father. 

Harry: Has Voldermort any children?
JK Rowling replies -> No. Voldemort as a father... now that's not a nice thought.
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2004/0304-wbd.htm

Me, I wonder if  the trigger for Snape's defection wasn't Voldemort's choice of the
half-blood Harry instead of the pureblood Neville. As Dumbledore points out,
if Voldemort really believed in pureblood supremacy, he wouldn't have done
that. Somehow, I don't think Snape has a high tolerance for hypocrisy (in
other people, that is, he shows plenty of it himself.)

I've got a great fondness for the I'm A Prince = Irma Pince anagram. If Snape accepted
Dumbledore's protection for his mother, then he would, IMO, never betray
Dumbledore.

Pippin